Education in Anesthesia: How to Deliver the Best Learning Experience

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Edwin A. Bowe MD has been interested in the quality and efficiency of anesthesia education since 1977 when as a resident he developed a program of evaluating faculty members as teachers. He was selected as Teacher of the Year at both the University of South Carolina and the University of Kentucky and received Abraham Flexner Master Educator awards from the University of Kentucky. He has been actively involved in continuing education programs for the American Society of Anesthesiologists including as an editor for the Self Education and Evaluation program and as the initial Editor-in-Chief for the Anesthesiology Continuing Education program. Randall M. Schell MD MACM is a cardiac anesthesiologist with a masters degree in education (Masters in Academic Medicine) whose academic career focus is on best methods of teaching and learning. He has more than twenty years' experience as an anesthesiology program director and director of education in anesthesiology and has won many medical student resident and faculty teaching awards. He has authored multiple book chapters on anesthesiology education published educational research in many journals and produces videocasts utilized by national and international audiences. Dr Schell's passion is for providing an optimal learning experience that incorporates the most recent evidence in education. Amy N. DiLorenzo M.A. serves as educational specialist for the University of Kentucky's Department of Anesthesiology providing expertise for the Anesthesiology residency program and fellowships. She additionally serves as the College of Medicine's Assistant Dean for educational innovation and scholarship in graduate medical education. Her focus is fostering academic collaboration and professional development to advance the scholarship of GME faculty and learners. She has facilitated faculty and trainee research as well as educational innovations. She has been awarded four Abraham Flexner Master Educator Awards. Her areas of professional interest include active learning methodologies educational psychology and research on educational innovations.